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"Natasha."

Take off the metal skull mask on your head, revealing a sinister face.

Turning his head to look at the Black Widow who appeared in the base, the Master of Imitation said in the same tone.

"You are late."

"You know, I am a woman, and being late is our privilege."

Shrugged, Natasha replied calmly.

"I don't want it to happen again."

Retracting his gaze, ignoring Natasha's joke, Anthony reached out to take back all the weapons stuck in the ground, and ordered the crossbones in front of him: "Notify all members to assemble."

...

On Governors Island in Upper New York Bay, in the Thunderbolt Special Forces base.

Natasha stepped on the time and entered at a moderate time. After looking around, she sat down on the left side near the exit.

On her right, Songbird sat, and above her was Luke Cage, who had just finished training and still had a little gunpowder smell on his body. A little further away sat Crossbones, who took off his mask, revealing a face full of burns. Feeling Natasha's gaze, he turned his head and gave her a terrifying smile.

Ignoring the provocative look in Crossbones' expression, Natasha turned her side face to Songbird and asked in a low voice: "Where is Hyde?"

"He doesn't want to participate."

Hearing Natasha's question, Songbird looked at Anthony, the master of imitation, who was standing in the front, and whispered: "You know, that guy is a complete freak. He holds his so-called Hyde Formula all day long. Except for the mission, he basically doesn't want to come out of the laboratory..."

Here, Natasha is using Songbird to learn about what happened in the base during her absence.

On the other side, seeing that the members were roughly all there, Anthony looked around and paused at the empty seats of Mr. Hyde and Bullseye.

The former has been aloof since joining the Thunderbolts, rarely communicating with others. The latter has been in prison because of his criminal history and murderous impulse.

Retracting his gaze, Anthony spoke and informed the Thunderbolts of his latest instructions.

"The long-standing situation in New York City will change. The new mayor, Wilson Fisk, is likely to issue new policies after taking office to launch a new round of crackdowns and cleanups against "unregistered superheroes" in New York City. At that time, the Thunderbolts will also participate in the action..."

"Is it finally starting?"

After listening to the words of the Imitation Master, Crossbones grinned, and a smile eager to try appeared on his scarred and ferocious face.

"I can't wait any longer."

"Are we really going to follow Wilson Fisk's policies?"

Of course, not everyone is hostile to these 'unregistered superheroes'. Luke Cage frowned and questioned this, especially considering Wilson Fisk's identity: "We all know that Wilson Fisk's identity is not simple. In addition to being a businessman, he is also the head of the underground organization in New York City. The purpose of his new policy is likely to be aimed at those former opponents."

As a street hero, Luke Cage has clashed with Wilson Fisk's organization more than once, so he knows better that Wilson Fisk, no, it should be said that Kingpin, issued new policies for the purpose of not being as pure as he said for the security of New York City.

"Anyway, the people of New York chose Wilson Fisk to be their new mayor."

As for Wilson Fisk's secret identity, it is not a hidden message within the Thunderbolts.

But despite this, as a "legal" superhero group affiliated with the federal government, the Thunderbolts can only show a cooperative attitude in the face of Kingpin, who has been successfully elected as the mayor of New York City.

Unless, one day, Kingpin is no longer the mayor of New York.

"Isn't it interesting? A gangster boss in New York City suddenly became the mayor. The citizens of New York really made a "good" choice."

Not everyone cares about Kingpin's identity. For example, Crossbones doesn't care about it, but instead says it sarcastically.

"This is not interesting. For New York City, this is likely to be a huge disaster."

Turning his head to look at Crossbones not far away, Luke Cage said dissatisfiedly.

"Since the citizens of New York have made their choice, they naturally have to bear the price. Wilson Fisk ascended to the mayoral throne with their votes."

"But the premise of all this is that Wilson Fisk did not deceive the public. This New York mayoral election itself was an unfair election. Wilson Fisk used means to conceal his identity."

Inside the Thunderbolts, Luke Cage and Crossbones had a fierce argument.

However, their argument was ultimately a minority.

In fact, the vast majority of Thunderbolts members did not care about the identity of the New York mayor.

As legally registered superheroes, they were not within the Kingpin's range of attack.

"Okay."

He spoke, interrupting the argument between Luke Cage and Crossbones.

Anthony looked at the two and said in a leisurely tone: "Wilson Fisk's identity is a matter of concern to the citizens of New York and the federal government, and is not within the scope of consideration of our Thunderbolts."

After stopping the quarrel between the two, the Master of Mimicry was silent for a few seconds, as if thinking about something.

"..."

Just like that, after ten seconds of silence, he spoke and continued: "In addition, according to the information provided by Hydra, the rebels have reappeared."

The words of the Master of Mimicry made the members of the Thunderbolts in the room, who were originally indifferent, alert.

Sitting next to the songbird, Natasha's slender eyebrows changed slightly, and she changed her sitting posture slightly, and swept the Master of Mimicry in front of her with a hidden gaze, while maintaining the expression on her face and continued to listen without expression.

"According to the intelligence from Hydra, the actions of the rebels this time are obviously different from their past style of behavior, and even exposed the identity of one of their 'members' during the period."

As he said, the Master of Mimicry pressed the screen on his wrist a few times.

The next second, a projection with a photo appeared in the eyes of the members of the Thunderbolt Special Forces.

"Colin Luper, former reporter of the Daily Bugle, a member of the Dark Avengers."

Raising his arm, the Master of Imitation looked at the slightly nervous photo of Colin in the projection and said slowly.